Uploading a PHP file, cPanel adds line of gobbly guk to top of file

[railx]

Anyone ever heard of this happening?

When I upload a file with a ".php" extension or with no extension, a line of text including the file name and a bunch of random characters is added to the top of the file. This prints to the screen when you view the file in a browser and prevents some php functions from working.

When I use ftp this does not happen.

When I upload an ".html" file this does not happen. In fact, ".html" files are recognized as ASCII while the ".php" files are being identified as some type of Macintosh binary file.

I have not found any reference to this on the web and the support guy for my host server doesn't understand or believe that this is happening.

Am I the only one?

 

[SarcNBit]

That sounds like an ftp client problem not a cpanel issue.

Try turing off auto format detection and force ascii uploads from your client.

 

[railx]

Is this something I can do from cPanel? I've searched around and can't find anything about auto detection or forcing ASCII uploads.

 

[cguimont]

it should be in your ftp client( ex: wsftp, cuteftp...)

 

[PWSowner]

If I understand correctly, railx is uploading in cpanel, not with an ftp program. Cpanel doesn't have the option of choosing file type. I'll test mine and see what happens.

 

[PWSowner]

Cpanel file manager uploaded php just fine. Your provider is probably behind on cpanel updates.

Anyway, cpanel works fine so your provider will have to find the problem.